AI progress is accelerating nonlinearily, 'foothills of the singularity'
haider1 · x · 2026-11-01
Citing DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis's line that "we're in the foothills of the singularity," the author argues many expected AI to keep improving at the steady pace seen since GPT-3, but progress is accelerating exponentially — making it nearly impossible to predict what AI can do a year from now.
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